croissant
French pastry
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Summary
croissant ranks in the top 0.7% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,101 views/month, #541 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Named after: crescent[2]
- Made from material: puff pastry[3], butter[4]
- Subclass of: viennoiserie[5], pastry[6]
- Commons category: Croissants[7]
- Unicode character: 🥐[8]
- Country of origin: France[9]
- Partially coincident with: brioche[10]
- Shape: crescent[11]
- Native label: croissant[12]
- Hashtag: croissant[13]
- Course: breakfast[14]
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Influence
Things named for croissant include Cronut[15]; cruffin[16], a type of food or dish[17], in Australia[18]; and Café du Croissant[19], a café[20], in France[21].
Why It Matters
croissant has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] croissant is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]
Entities named for croissant include Cronut[15]; cruffin[16], a type of food or dish[17], in Australia[18]; and Café du Croissant[19], a café[20], in France[21].